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T. HALL. WATER HEATING APPARATUS.

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WATER HEATING APPARATUS. No. 429,237. Patented June 3, 1890.

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THOMAS HALL, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

WAT ER-HEATING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,237, dated June 3, 1890. Application filed September 9, 1889. Serial No. 323,418. (No inodel.) Patented in England May 2, 1889, No. 7,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HALL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Eng land, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vater or other Liquid Heating Apparatus, (for which I have applied for patent in Great Britain, No. 7,309, hearing date May 2, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water-heating apparatus, which is primarily intended for what may be termed a picnic-' kettle, but which nevertheless may be also used for other similar purposes or other liquids; and its object is to provide an improved means for combining the stove with the kettle; also, to provide the bottom of the said kettle with a recess to receive the body of the stove when the apparatus is not in use; also, to provide attached supports to the stove to carry the kettle, and to provide in combination therewith a hinged or turn-down handle, whereby the whole is made compact for storage or transport. I attain these objects in the manner herein described andillustrated upon the drawings, in which latter there are letters of reference, similar letters referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part, andin which Figure 1 is a side elevation of this my invention, showing the stove or lamp extended from the kettle, as when in use. Fig. 2 shows the stove closed into the kettle. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view upon line A B, showing posit-ion of the spring-clips, &c., or supports when the apparatus is in use. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view upon line C D, showing position of the spring-clips, &e., when the apparatus is closed up. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the invention as seen when in use. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation showing the lamp or stove closed into the kettle. Fig. 7 is a detached detail view, in elevation, of one of the spring-clips. Fig. 8 is a detached plan view, in detail, of one of the spring-clips.

The body a of the kettle is made of any desirable shape, generally round, and is provided with a turn-down handle I), which is jointed at c.

In Figs. 1 and 5 the handle I) is shown in its elevated position, as when in use, while in Figs. 2 and 6 it is shown turned down ready for package or transit.

In the bottom of the kettle I form a concentric circular recess (1. I then provide the spirit-stove e, of such a diameter and depth that itwill conveniently pass into the recess (Z. (See Figs. 2 and 6.) Extending from the base of the spirit-stove e are three (or more) spring-clips f f f, which stand up at about right angles to the said base, or a little less, (see Fig. 7,) and extend upward a suitable height to suit the flame of the lamp. These clips, as shown, are made of wire; but they may nevertheless be made of springy sheet metal. In either case their upper ends are turned inward at g for a short distance, that they may clip the exterior of the body of the kettle. Upon the exterior of the body of the kettle I provide stop-pieces 7r, so that when the lamp is drawn out from the kettle (see Figs. 1 and 5) the said stove, with the clips, may be turned around so that the lattermay pass under these stop-pieces, as shown, and thus form a firm support for the kettle.

By reason of the springy nature of the clips f the lamp or stove may at any time be drawn entirely from the kettle for cleaning or charging, dcc.

At 1' a finger-ring is provided, whereby the stove, when required, may be readily withdrawn. I

As will be apparent, this invention maybe used for heating or boiling water or other liquids for cooking or shaving, (Sac.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination, in heating apparatus, of a spirit-stove,havin g vertical wire supportingclips with catches at their upper ends, with a kettle having the stop-pieces 71 substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

THOMAS HALL.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES '1. POWELL, ERNEST W. J owns. 

